Server & Storage Engineering Lead, Digital & Technology Services

Alvarez & Marsal; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Flexible spending and savings accounts

Life, AD&D, and disability coverage

Discretionary bonus program

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) seeks a Server & Storage Engineering leader with deep enterprise compute/storage expertise to drive modernization and consolidation across mainframe, midrange, and x86 environments. You will shape hybrid infrastructure and cloud-readiness while designing scalable, cost-efficient architectures.

Ideal candidates bring experience in AI-assisted capacity analysis, multi-cloud orchestration with AWS/Azure/GCP, and a track record of enterprise-scale migrations and platform

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of enterprise server/storage engineering in consulting or advisory delivery.
• Demonstrated experience leading server consolidation or legacy platform migration programs at enterprise scale.
• Deep understanding of mainframe economics and modernization trade-offs (rehost, replatform, refactor, retire).
• Federal infrastructure experience preferred - transformation in regulated environments is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree required; vendor certifications (IBM, Dell/EMC, NetApp, VMware) valued.
• Comfortable with travel up to 80%.

Responsibilities

• Lead server and storage assessments - inventory analysis, utilization profiling, age/EOL mapping, platform rationalization.
• Develop legacy platform retirement roadmaps with decommission timelines and migration paths.
• Analyze resource utilization to identify rightsizing and consolidation opportunities.
• Design target-state compute/storage architectures balancing cost, performance, availability, and security.
• Assess workload placement options across on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud.
• Integrate findings into A&M's broader engagement scope and deliverables.
• Support practice development through internal training and thought leadership.

Skills

Server architecture

Storage architecture

Server consolidation

Mainframe modernization

Hybrid cloud design

Kubernetes auto-scaling

Multi-cloud orchestration

AI-assisted capacity analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Vendor certifications

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

HPA/VPA/KEDA

Job description

Description

About Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is aglobalconsultingfirm withover 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionalsin over 40 countries. Wetake a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems andassistingthem in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positivelyimpactour clients and shape ourindustry. The collaborative environment and engaging work-guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

The Team

Alvarez & M's Corporate Performance Improvement practice is looking for a Server & Storage Engineering leader with deep expertise in enterprise compute and storage platforms, legacy system modernization, and infrastructure rationalization. This role requires someone who has driven server consolidation and storage optimization at enterprise scale - across mainframe, midrange, and x86 environments.

Experience Should Include

• Enterprise server platform architecture - x86, IBM z (mainframe), Unisys, P Series, SPARC, Itanium
• Storage platform architecture - SAN, NAS, object storage, tiered storage design, and capacity optimization
• Server consolidation, virtualization strategy, and legacy platform decommission planning
• Storage growth management, data tiering, and decommission targeting
• Hybrid infrastructure design - bridging on-premises compute/storage with cloud-based equivalents
• Federal infrastructure environments preferred - experience managing classified compute/storage platforms is a strong advantage given the complexity of multi-classification environments
• AI-assisted infrastructure analysis, capacity modeling, and optimization - must demonstrate active use of AI tools in delivery; AI fluency is required for this role
• Design and implement Kubernetes-native auto-scaling architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Expert-level experience with HPA, VPA, and event-driven scaling (KEDA). Proven ability to balance predictive pre-scaling with reactive real-time capacity adjustments, optimizing sub-second response times while maintaining cost efficiency. Strong background in multi-cloud workload orchestration and resource right-sizing

How you will contribute

• Lead server and storage assessments - inventory analysis, utilization profiling, age/EOL mapping, and platform rationalization
• Develop legacy platform retirement roadmaps (mainframe, SPARC, Itanium) with clear decommission timelines, migration paths, and risk mitigation
• Analyze resource utilization patterns (CPU, memory, I/O, storage capacity) to identify rightsizing and consolidation opportunities
• Design target-state compute and storage architectures balancing cost, performance, availability, and security requirements
• Assess workload placement options across on-premises, private cloud, and commercial cloud for compute and storage workloads
• Integrate findings into A&M's broader engagement scope and deliverables
• Support practice development through internal training, thought leadership, and people development

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of professional experience in enterprise server and storage engineering, with consulting or advisory delivery
• Demonstrated experience leading server consolidation or legacy platform migration programs at enterprise scale
• Deep understanding of mainframe economics and modernization trade-offs (rehost, replatform, refactor, retire)
• Federal infrastructure experience preferred - deep transformation experience in regulated industries can substitute
• Bachelor's degree required; relevant vendor certifications (IBM, Dell/EMC, NetApp, VMware) valued
• Comfortable with travel up to 80%
• Full-time, contract, and project-based engagements available

What Distinguishes a Great Candidate

Has personally driven legacy platform retirement programs - not just assessed them. Understands mainframe-to-cloud economics and can articulate the trade-offs to executive audiences. Brings AI-assisted capacity analysis and optimization modeling as a standard part of the delivery toolkit. Knowledge of extinction risk on legacy platforms is real - this candidate has the institutional knowledge that is disappearing from the market.

Your journey at A&M

We recognize thatour people are the driving force behind our success, which is why weprioritizeanemployee experience thatfosterseachperson’sunique professional and personal development. Our robustperformancedevelopment processpromotescontinuous learning,rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy.With top-notch training andon-the-joblearning opportunities, you canacquirenew skills and advance your career.

We prioritize your well-being,providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspectsof working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.

Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are also entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings’ fringe benefits consisting of healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages at rates determined periodically as well as a 401(k) retirement savings plan. Provided the eligibility requirements are met, employees will also receive an annual discretionary contribution to their 401(k) retirement savings plan from Alvarez & Marsal. Additionally, employees are eligible for paid time off including vacation, personal days, seventy-two (72) hours of sick time (prorated for part time employees), ten federal holidays, one floating holiday, and parental leave. The amount of vacation and personal days available varies based on tenure and role type. Clickherefor more information regarding A&M’s benefits programs.

Thesalaryrange for Manager is $135,000- $160,000annually and Director is $150,000- $210,000annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance. Please ask your recruiter for details.